Repair: The Impulse to Restore in a Fragile World Beacon Press Sept 2002 isbn: 0807020125 $24.00 buy

Friday Forum: Elizabeth Spelman, October 11

Friday, 3pm
in the store
1256 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
free and open to public

We fix things around us all the time, without giving it much thought. But looking hard at this work makes us ask why we do it, and what we're trying to achieve. When does restoration destroy the value of an object? Who in your house is more likely to fix the faucet? The relationship? When shouldn't you accept someone's apology? From fixing cars and restoring motorcycles, to women as the menders in our lives, to restorative justice as a way to heal societies fractured by civil war, Spelman guides us across a fascinating terrain that is both highly personal and common to us all.